© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 1 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Metadata for all Research Information CERIF Brigitte Jörg, M.A. (Information Science) Language Technology Lab, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Saarbrücken, Germany

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 2 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Introduction of Speaker Brigitte Jörg M.A. Information Science Information Systems, Business Administration  Researcher, Project Manager DFKI GmbH, Language Technology Lab, Saarbrücken  CERIF TG Leader, Board Member euriCRIS  Contact: dfki.de

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 3 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Outline  What is CERIF?  Some Grounding Explanations  The CERIF Model Levels  Research Information  CRIS  CERIF Examples  The CERIF Release

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 4 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 5 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 6 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat – A Concept about Research Entities and their Relationships Specification (Conceptual Level) – A Description of Research Entities and their Relationships Model (Logical Level) – A Formalization of Research Entities and their Relationships Database Scripts (Physical Level) SQL Script CREATE Table Person CREATE Table Project CREATE Table OrgUnit

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 7 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat (1) conceptual, logic, physical model (2) allows for a ( metadata ) representation of –research entities –their activities / interconnections (research) –their output (results) (3) allows for high flexibility with formal semantic relationships enables quality maintenance, archiving, access and interchange of research information supports knowledge transfer to decision makers, for research evaluation, research managers, strategists, researchers, editors, the general public SQL Script CREATE Table Person CREATE Table Project CREATE Table OrgUnit

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 8 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat  CERIF is an EU Recommendation to Member States  The European Commission (EC) has authorised euroCRIS to maintain and develop CERIF and its usage

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 9 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is a conceptual model ? a particular idea or description of a particular area of interest  in the mind of individuals  often in written language (specifcations)  „A research a project is mostly funded by a Funding Agency.“  „In research, journal impact is measured by citation counts.“  „A researcher ‚produces‘ knowledge in publications.“  „A University is an organisational unit that has departments doing Research and produce Results.“

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 10 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is a logical model ? a simplified formal view to describe a particular area of interest  „A research project is funded by a Funding Agency.“  „In research, journal impact is measured by citation counts.“  „A researcher ‚produces‘ knowledge in publications.“  „A University is an organisational unit that has departments doing Research and produce Results.“ A B is funded by C D is measured By X Z publishes F G has parts F Y produces F X performs

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 11 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is a physical model ? a machine-readable code to describe a particular area of interest  „A research project is funded by a Funding Agency.“  „In research, journal impact is measured by citation counts.“  „A researcher ‚produces‘ knowledge in publications.“  „A University is an organisational unit that has departments doing Research and produce Results.“ SQL Script CREATE Table Person CREATE Table Project CREATE Table OrgUnit SQL Script CREATE Table Project_OrgUnit INSERT into ClassID „is funded by“ SQL Script CREATE Table ResultPublication_Metrics INSERT into ClassID „is measured by“ SQL Script CREATE Table Person_ResultPublication INSERT into ClassID „has published“ SQL Script CREATE Table OrgUnit_OrgUnit...

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 12 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Summary: What is a model / CERIF ?  A concept about entities and their relationships  An abstract formal description of the concept about entities and their relationships  A formal machine readable description of the concept SQL Script CREATE Table Person CREATE Table Project CREATE Table OrgUnit Organisation of Data/Information accordingly !!

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 13 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is a CRIS? C urrent R esearch I nformation S ystem = CRIS … information about People + Organisations + Projects + Funding Programmes + Research Results + … … that means Timeliness Vitality … driven by A Concept A Model … incorporated as a Implementation (ICT) an integrated approach towards managing research information

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 14 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is a CRIS? C urrent R esearch I nformation S ystem = CRIS … information about People + Organisations + Projects + Funding Programmes + Research Results + … … that means Timeliness Vitality … driven by A Concept A Model … incorporated as a Implementation (ICT) an integrated approach towards managing research information heterogenous entities changing relationships CERIF Metadata Integration

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 15 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is Research Information ? Information about Research Entities: Scientists Project Managers Ongoing and Completed Projects Research Departments Funding Organisations and Programmes Research Results Publications Equipment their timely Relationships ( Semantics )...

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 16 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Users of CRISs Researchers (find partners, track competitors, form collaborations) Research Managers (assess performance, assess research output, find reviewers for evaluation of proposals) Research Strategists (decide on priorities and resourcing, compare with other countries) Publication Editors (find potential authors, find reviewers for proposed papers) Intermediaries / Brokers (find research products, identify ideas to be carried forward) Media (communicate results) General Public (for interest)

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 17 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What kind of Questions do we want to answer?  How many projects has the EC funded in FP6?  How many articles has author X published in 2007 as a first author?  How often have articles by author X been cited?  Did author X publish with institutionally external authors?  In how many FP7 projects does organisation Z participate?  How many publications have resulted from project Y?  How many people have been employed in the course of FP6 projects from the 1st call in the NMS?  How many PhD students have participated in FP6 projects?  How many women have been involved in FP6 projects?  How often have articles in journal A been requested in 2007?  How many articles have been published in the field of B?  …

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 18 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF How can we (CERIF) answer such questions? Entities around an example Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublication Role X Role Y Role Z

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 19 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF How can we (CERIF) answer such questions? Entities around an example Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublicatio n

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 20 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF How can we (CERIF) answer such questions? Entities around an example Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics Funding ProjectFunding Programme ResultPublicatio n

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 21 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Metadata – Basic Metadata with Entities person names organisation name project acronym... – Relational Metadata (Semantics / Context) Subject Headings –Medicine –Computer Science Contextual Metadata –is author of –is first author of –is cited by Metadata representing Entities and Relationships Formalization = based on a Model

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 22 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Metadata Categories – Descriptive Metadata [intellectual contents] – Administrative Metadata Technical [file formats...] Rights Management [permissions...] Provenance [creation, subsequent treatment,...]... – Structural Metadata [internal structure of items: page order...] – Contextual Metadata Project Context [funding programme, participating organisations …] Publication Context [number of authors, external authors, first …] Usage Context [downloads, requests, …]... See also: JISC Report from April 2008 “ Metadata for digital libraries: state of the art and future directions ” by Richard Gartner Metadata representing Entities and Relationships

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 23 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Metadata Categories – Descriptive Metadata [intellectual contents] – Administrative Metadata Technical [file formats...] Rights Management [permissions...] Provenance [creation, subsequent treatment,...]... – Structural Metadata [internal structure of items: page order...] – Contextual Metadata Project Context [funding programme, participating organisations …] Publication Context [number of authors, external authors, first …] Usage Context [downloads, requests, …]... See also: JISC Report from April 2008 “ Metadata for digital libraries: state of the art and future directions ” by Richard Gartner Metadata representing Entities and Relationships Formalization = based on a Model

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 24 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF Model Structure CERIF Entity Types  Core Entities  Result Entities  2nd Level Entities  Link Entities CERIF Features  Multiple Language  Semantics

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 25 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF Formal Semantics Book Review Book Chapter Book Chapter Abstract Inbook Book Chapter Review AnthologyMonograph Reference Book Textbook Encyclopedia Otherbook Journal Article Journal Article Abstract Journal Article Review Conference Proceedings Article Letter to Editor PhD Thesis Doctoral Thesis Poster Presentation Book Manual Conference Proceedings Letter Report Short Communication Commentary Annotation News Clipping Publication Types

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 26 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF Formal Semantics is author (numbered) of is author of is reviewer of is author (percentage) of is editor (numbered) of is editor of is subject of is translator of is publisher of Person_Publication Scheme

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 27 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF Formal Semantics number of authors number of incoming citations number of requests number of external institutes number of downloads number of access is of publication type ISI Impact Factor claims IPR of Publication_Metrics Roles received Best Paper Award number of self citations area/type of research number of citations

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 28 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is the situation ? Multiple proprietery Schemas / Formats / Applications / Services : Publication Records:  Dublin Core  Marc Code  Digital Item Declaration Language (DIDL)  Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)  … For Person Records:  FOAF For Audio/Video Files:  Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)  … Subject Headings:  Ortelius Thesaurus  MESH (Medical Subject Heading)  …  DSpace  Eprints  Open Repositories  …  GoogleScholar  CiteSeer  …  LinkedIn  Facebook,  …  MySpace  YouToube  …  Wikipedia  del.icio.us  …

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 29 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What CRISs aim at Data Silos People Organisations Patents Projects Publications Funding Programmes Funding Programmes Human Resource Management Human Resource Management Finance Project Management Project Management CERIF for Interoperability

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 30 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What CRISs aim at Data Silos People Organisations Patents Projects Publications Funding Programmes Funding Programmes Human Resource Management Human Resource Management Finance Project Management Project Management

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 31 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF examples Aim: investigate the thematic range of SSA projects in FP6 Thematic Areas (Blue Clouds): SEMANTIC HEALTH LEGAL CHANGING ROADMAP SOFTWARE Projects (Red Dots) Linked with Full Record in Repository

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 32 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF examples Aim: investigate the thematic range of SSA projects in FP6 Goals Themes

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 33 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF examples Aim: investigate the collaboration of SSA partners in FP6 Number of joint partners Project

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 34 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF What is CERIF ? C ommon E uropean R esearch I nformation F ormat Citation CV Prize Qualification ExpertiseAndSkills Equipment Facility Funding Service ElectronicAddresse PostalAddress Country Currency LanguageEvent Metrics

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 35 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF Active People Active participation in current release (2008):  Brigitte Jörg, (German Res Center for AI) TG Leader  Keith G. Jeffery (UK Science and Techn Facilities Council)  Geert van Grootel (Flemish Ministry)  Anne Asserson (University Bergen)  Henrik Rasmussen (atira A/S)  Adrian Price (University Copenhagen)  Thomas Vestam (atira A/S) Active participation in past release (2006):  Ojars Krast (uniCRIS AG)  Edward Grabczewski (UK Science and Tech Facil Council)

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 36 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF TG Activity  Regular CERIF TG meetings and Discussions  Tests and major bugfixes before Releases  Strong Relation to ongoing implementation activities (Geert van Grootel, EWI, Flanders; atira A/S, Aalborg, Denmark)  Exchange with TG Best Practice (Sergey Parinov, CEMI-RAS, Moskow, Russia)  Collaborate with TG Institutional Repositories (IR-CERIF) (Ed J. Simons, Radbound University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)  Next Steps:  Extension of Semantic Layer with Funding-related Content  Check Tools for Managing the Semantics  Mappings of major Schemas (Standards)  Check OAI Wrapping  CERIF Ontology

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 37 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF CERIF 2008 – 1.0 Release  Model Introduction and Specification  Scripts for Most Common Databases  Data Exchange Format Specification  CERIF Semantics (for publication types and publication related roles)  CERIF XML Examples  XML Schema Files for the validation of XML Files 

© Brigitte Jörg Strategic Seminar September 2009, Brussels 38 Metadata for all Research Information - CERIF THANK YOU for your attention !!!